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SEMINARS


Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Fall 2021 — Present

Seminars and workshops are presented to second-year WUDPAC students on a wide range of topics including treatment techniques, material identification, and other preservation practices. These seminars provide a forum for discussing relevant literature and provide strong practical experience by allowing students to experiment with different techniques and materials. Specific seminars I participated in related to my photograph major and paper minor are shared below along with images highlighting some activities.


SURFACE CLEANING

Lead by Debbie Hess Norris

Dry and wet surface cleaning techniques were tested on a variety of photographic prints including an albumen, silver gelatin DOP, matte collodion, and silver gelatin POP photographs. After testing, preferred techniques were selected to clean larger areas of the photographs and to inform treatment decisions to overall surface clean larger photographs of the same processes and their mounts.

︎︎︎ Seminar Report
Albumen print surface cleaning Matte collodion surface cleaning

HUMIDIFICATION & FLATTENING

Lead by Zach Long, Conservator, CCAHA

Seminar focused on the humidifcation and flattening of two tightly rolled panoramas from the WUDPAC Study Collection, one large and one small. Set up the large chamber in the sink filled with a small layer of water. Placed prints on top of hollytex and egg crates with weights on each side of print so that they wouldn’t roll during humidifcation. Placed prints in chamber at 11am and finally removed the large panorama after 6 hours . After treatment, placed both prints face-down on blotter and hollytex stack and set under glass weights.
Beginning of the humidity chamber End of humidity chamber Setting large panorama on blotter stack to dry After Treatment Small Panorama After Treatment Large Panorama


Gels Seminar with Michelle Sullivan Exploring different drying and flattening techniques for works of art on paper

ADDITIONAL SEMINARS


GELS with Michelle Sullivan, Paper Conservator, The Getty Museum

PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE REDUCTION with Joan Irving

CONSOLIDATION with Zach Long

MENDING AND CREASE REDUCTION with Barb Lemmen

WASHING & UNMOUNTING with Zach Long 

AESTHETIC COMPENSATION with Barb Lemmen

CASED PHOTOGRAPHS with Zach Long

GLASS PLATE MENDING with Zach Long

BLOCKED PRINTS with Barb Lemmen

LIGHT BLEACHING with Barb Lemmen

DAGUERREOTYPE CLEANING with Tom Edmondson

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS with Zach Long

ASHLEY L. STANFORD

Recent graduate from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC), class of 2024, specializing in the conservation of photographic materials. Porfolio of graduate school projects.   MORE INFO